The Format category is located in the
category, and contains the following items that define script formatting:
Item |
Description |
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AddQuote |
Specifies that object codes are systematically enquoted during the generation. The following settings are available: |
CaseSensitivityUsingQuote |
Specifies if the case sensitivity for identifiers is managed using double quotes. Enable this option if the DBMS you are using needs double quotes to preserve the case of object codes. |
Date and Time formats |
See Date and Time Format. |
EnableOwnerPrefix / EnableDtbsPrefix |
Specifies that object codes can be prefixed by the object owner (%OWNER%), the database name (%DBPREFIX%), or both (%QUALIFIER%). The following settings are available: Note: EnableOwnerPrefix enables the
Ignore identifying owner model option for
tables and views.
|
IllegalChar |
[generation only] Specifies invalid characters for names. If there is an illegal character in a Code, the code is set between quotes during generation. Example: +-*/!=<>'"() If the name of the table is "SALES+PROFITS", the generated create statement will be: CREATE TABLE "SALES+PROFITS" Double quotes are placed around the table name to indicate that an invalid character is used. During reverse engineering, any illegal character is considered as a separator unless it is located within a quoted name. |
LowerCaseOnly / UpperCaseOnly |
When generating a script, all objects are generated in lowercase or uppercase independently of the model Naming Conventions and the PDM codes. The following settings are available: Note: These items are mutually exclusive. If both are
enabled, the script is generated in lowercase.
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MaxScriptLen |
Specifies the maximum length of a script line. |